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http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~stefan/thc_fact_sheet.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRICwqJ6hYQ
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BBC Horizon: The Big Chill 2003 (Full Documentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCUrljERHcA
Global warming is now slowing down the circulation of the oceans — with potentially dire consequences
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/03/23/global-warming-is-now-slowing-down-the-circulation-of-the-oceans-with-potentially-dire-consequences/?utm_term=.9ad28f01326a
Scientists puzzled by slowing of Atlantic conveyor belt, warn of abrupt climate change
https://news.mongabay.com/2016/05/scientists-concerned-slowing-atlantic-conveyor-warn-abrupt-climate-change/
Q & A about the Gulf Stream System slowdown and the Atlantic ‘cold blob’
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2016/10/q-a-about-the-gulf-stream-system-slowdown-and-the-atlantic-cold-blob/
Greenland Ice Melt Could Push Atlantic Circulation to Collapse
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/greenland-ice-melt-could-push-atlantic-circulation-collapse/
The underestimated danger of a breakdown of the Gulf Stream System
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2017/01/the-underestimated-danger-of-a-breakdown-of-the-gulf-stream-system/
Drastic cooling in North Atlantic beyond worst fears, scientists warn
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/24/drastic-cooling-north-atlantic-beyond-worst-fears-scientists-warn
Global Ocean Circulation Appears To Be Collapsing Due To A Warming Planet
https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/08/03/global-ocean-circulation-appears-to-be-collapsing-due-to-a-warming-planet/#5e569e6af6f4
Slow-Motion Ocean: Atlantic’s Circulation Is Weakest in 1,600 Years
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/slow-motion-ocean-atlantics-circulation-is-weakest-in-1-600-years/
Scientists Say Ocean Circulation Is Slowing. Here’s Why You Should Care.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07052018/atlantic-ocean-circulation-slowing-climate-change-heat-temperature-rainfall-fish-why-you-should-care
If you doubt that the AMOC has weakened, read this
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2018/05/if-you-doubt-that-the-amoc-has-weakened-read-this/
As Gulf Stream cools and weakens, what’s in store for Florida?
https://www.tampabay.com/environment/as-gulf-stream-cools-and-weakens-whats-in-store-for-florida-20190805/
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https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/08/video-the-north-atlantic-ocean-current-may-be-slowing/
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http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2018/07/does-a-slow-amoc-increase-the-rate-of-global-warming/
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https://www.iatp.org/sites/default/files/An_Abrupt_Climate_Change_Scenario_and_Its_Impl.pdf
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https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-great-flood-2/
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LOOKING BACK: Climate change denial hit its stride in the Bush-Cheney era, precipitating today's climate disaster - 2023
https://www.salon.com/2023/06/19/climate-change-denial-hit-its-stride-in-the-bush-cheney-era-precipitating-todays-climate-disaster/
LOOKING BACK: Nixon Was the Weirdest Environmentalist - 2023
https://newrepublic.com/article/171780/richard-nixon-earth-day-culture-war
LOOKING BACK: Is Jimmy Carter Where Environmentalism Went Wrong? - 2023
https://newrepublic.com/article/171772/jimmy-carter-environmentalism-went-wrong
LOOKING BACK: Explainer: Nine ‘tipping points’ that could be triggered by climate change - 2020
https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-nine-tipping-points-that-could-be-triggered-by-climate-change/
LOOKING BACK: Opinion | How Scientists Got Climate Change So Wrong - 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/opinion/sunday/science-climate-change.html
LOOKING BACK: Reagan Administration Officials at First Dismissed the Ozone Hole. Here’s What Changed - 2019
https://time.com/5564651/reagan-ozone-hole/
LOOKING BACK: This is when the GOP turned away from climate policy - 2018
https://www.eenews.net/articles/this-is-when-the-gop-turned-away-from-climate-policy/
LOOKING BACK: 11,000 years ago, our ancestors survived abrupt climate change - 2018
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/26/health/climate-change-hunter-gatherers/index.html
LOOKING BACK: George Bush Sr could have got in on the ground floor of climate action – history would have thanked him - 2018
https://theconversation.com/george-bush-sr-could-have-got-in-on-the-ground-floor-of-climate-action-history-would-have-thanked-him-108050
LOOKING BACK: Trump moves decisively to wipe out Obama’s climate-change record - 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-moves-decisively-to-wipe-out-obamas-climate-change-record/2017/03/27/411043d4-132c-11e7-9e4f-09aa75d3ec57_story.html
LOOKING BACK: Obama had a chance to really fight climate change. He blew it. - 2017
https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/4/28/15472508/obama-climate-change-legacy-overrated-clean-power
LOOKING BACK: Abrupt climate change could follow collapse of Earth’s oceanic conveyor belt - 2017
https://news.wisc.edu/abrupt-climate-change-could-follow-collapse-of-earths-oceanic-conveyor-belt/
LOOKING BACK: Climate change a Chinese hoax? Beijing gives Donald Trump a lesson in history - 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/17/climate-change-a-chinese-plot-beijing-gives-donald-trump-a-history-lesson
LOOKING BACK: ExxonMobil tried to censor climate scientists to Congress during Bush era - 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/25/exxonmobil-climate-change-scientists-congress-george-w-bush
LOOKING BACK: The world’s most famous climate scientist just outlined an alarming scenario for our planet’s future - 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/07/20/the-worlds-most-famous-climate-scientist-just-outlined-an-alarming-scenario-for-our-planets-future/
LOOKING BACK: Climate scientists fear 'Day After Tomorrow' scenario - 2015
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/climate-scientists-fear-day-after-tomorrow-scenario-msna678626
LOOKING BACK: Florida officials’ ‘ban’ of the term climate change is straight out of the Bush playbook - 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/03/10/floridas-ban-of-the-term-climate-change-is-straight-out-of-the-bush-playbook/
LOOKING BACK: Which Hollywood-Style Climate Disasters Will Strike in Your Lifetime? - 2013
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/12/abrupt-climate-change-in-your-lifetime/
LOOKING BACK: Gradual Climate Changes Could Cause Sudden Impacts - 2013
https://www.climatecentral.org/news/gradual-climate-changes-could-cause-sudden-impacts-16792
LOOKING BACK: Clinton dings GOP on climate change - 2011
https://www.politico.com/story/2011/09/clinton-dings-gop-on-climate-change-063942
LOOKING BACK: Revealed: the secret evidence of global warming Bush tried to hide - 2009
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/jul/26/climate-change-obama-administration
LOOKING BACK: Six Years of Deceit - Inside the Bush administration's secret campaign to deny global warming and let polluters shape America's climate policy - 2007
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/six-years-of-deceit-192430/
LOOKING BACK: Supreme Court Rejects Bush in Global Warming Debate - 2007
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3000959&page=1
LOOKING BACK: An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its Implications for US National Security - 2005
https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/research/an-abrupt-climate-change-scena/
LOOKING BACK: Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us - 2004
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2004/feb/22/usnews.theobserver
LOOKING BACK: Abrupt Climate Change - 2004
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/abrupt-climate-change
LOOKING BACK: Global Warming Goes to the Movies - 2004
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/global-warming-goes-to-the-movies/
LOOKING BACK: Bush kills global warming treaty - 2001
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2001/mar/29/globalwarming.usnews
LOOKING BACK: Worst case scenarios - Climate change will not be gradual, but a swift and sudden process - 1999
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/-worst-case-scenarios-19168
LOOKING BACK: The Great Climate Flip-Flop - 1998
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1998/01/the-great-climate-flip-flop/308313/
LOOKING BACK: The lost history of what Americans knew about climate change in the 1960s
https://grist.org/science/lost-history-climate-1960s-clean-air-act-supreme-court/
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Carbon dioxide growing rapidly
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/08/carbon-dioxide-growing-rapidly.html
Tipping Points – Where Things Stand
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/08/23/tipping-points-where-things-stand/
This chart of ocean heat is terrifying
https://www.vox.com/climate/368324/hurricane-season-2024-gulf-mexico-ocean-warming
New Federal Report Details More of 2023’s Extreme Climate Conditions
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22082024/2023-extreme-climate-conditions/#:~:
Climate Adaptation Is as Imperative as Mitigation
https://countercurrents.org/2024/08/climate-adaptation-is-as-imperative-as-mitigation/
Scientists see some risks of catastrophic climate events as lower but still concerning
https://www.dailyclimate.org/scientists-see-some-risks-of-catastrophic-climate-events-as-lower-but-still-concerning-2669012599.html
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Arctic heat surges to unprecedented levels
https://www.dailyclimate.org/arctic-heat-surges-to-unprecedented-levels-2668972854.html
Arctic Warming Threatens to Set Off Toxic 'Mercury Bomb,' Study Warns
https://www.commondreams.org/news/arctic-warming-threatens-to-set-off-toxic-mercury-bomb-study-warns
Unprecedented number of heat records broken around world this year
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/14/unprecedented-number-of-heat-records-broken-around-world-this-year
‘We should have better answers by now’: climate scientists baffled by unexpected pace of heating
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/15/we-should-have-better-answers-by-now-climate-scientists-baffled-by-unexpected-pace-of-heating
How does today’s extreme heat compare with Earth’s past climate?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/14/how-does-today-extreme-heat-compare-with-earth-past-climate
Coral bleaching threatens 73 percent of world’s reefs
https://countercurrents.org/2024/08/coral-bleaching-threatens-73-percent-of-worlds-reefs/
‘Nobody ever saw anything like this before’: how methane emissions are pushing the Amazon towards environmental catastrophe
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/17/methane-climate-crisis-amazon-peat-permafrost-vegan-heat-pumps
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Midwinter Antarctica 50°F Above Average
https://countercurrents.org/2024/08/midwinter-antarctica-50f-above-average/
LOOKING BACK: Red alert in Antarctica: the year rapid, dramatic change hit climate scientists like a ‘punch in the guts’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/31/red-alert-in-antarctica-the-year-rapid-dramatic-change-hit-climate-scientists-like-a-punch-in-the-guts
Record-warm oceans streak ends at 15 months
https://www.axios.com/2024/08/13/record-warm-oceans-streak-ends-climate
Boreal forests struggle to recover from frequent fires
https://www.dailyclimate.org/boreal-forests-struggle-to-recover-from-frequent-fires-2668957861.html
Trump and Musk Team Up for Absolute Stupidest Climate Discussion in World History
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-musk-climate
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Extreme weather: We haven’t seen the worst yet
https://earthsky.org/earth/extreme-weather-we-havent-seen-the-worst-yet/?mc_cid=6e90ada99b
When Will Climate Change Break the Atlantic? Two Scientists Have An Answer.
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2024/08/climate-crisis-atlantic-amoc-wired-science-tipping-point/#:~:text=The two scientists made a,sometime between 2025 and 2095.
Climate tipping points depend on net-zero targets: study
https://www.axios.com/2024/08/02/climate-tipping-points-overshoot-study#
A critical system of Atlantic Ocean currents could collapse as early as the 2030s, new research suggests
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/02/climate/atlantic-circulation-collapse-timing/index.html
Atlantic current system may collapse by 2037
https://www.earth.com/news/atlantic-current-system-may-collapse-by-2037/
Extreme Climate Impacts From Collapse of a Key Atlantic Ocean Current Could be Worse Than Expected, a New Study Warns
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09022024/climate-impacts-from-collapse-of-atlantic-meridional-overturning-current-could-be-worse-than-expected/
The Hugely Important Ocean Current You’ve Never Heard Of
https://www.wired.com/story/gadget-lab-podcast-652/
The major Atlantic current that keeps Northern Europe warm could have new variations and tipping points
https://phys.org/news/2024-07-major-atlantic-current-northern-europe.html
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Both Paris Agreement thresholds clearly crossed
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/07/both-paris-agreement-thresholds-clearly-crossed.html
The predicament of climate scientists on the road to a super tropical Earth
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-predicament-of-climate-scientists-on-the-road-to-a-super-tropical-earth.html
A rare Stratospheric Warming event has begun over the South Pole, with unusually strong anomalies now developing
https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/polar-vortex-stratospheric-warming-event-south-hemisphere-winter-fa/
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Study: Rising sea levels causing longer days
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4775972-rising-sea-levels-causing-longer-days-study/
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World breaks hottest day record twice in a week
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crg7pen1xj7o
The seas are not alright: "Unusual warmth" hits nearly all of world's oceans
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/26/ocean-temperatures-extreme-heat-records
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Scientists predict collapse of key Atlantic Ocean current by 2057
https://www.dailyclimate.org/scientists-predict-collapse-of-key-atlantic-ocean-current-by-2057-2668830869.html
Thickest sea ice breaking away from Greenland
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/07/thickest-sea-ice-breaking-away-from-greenland.html
Antarctica experiences unprecedented midwinter heat wave
https://www.dailyclimate.org/antarctica-experiences-unprecedented-midwinter-heat-wave-2668858479.html
4 hottest days ever observed raise fears of a planet nearing ‘tipping points’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/ar-BB1qJiLm
Heat waves and extreme weather highlight climate tipping points
https://www.dailyclimate.org/heat-waves-and-extreme-weather-highlight-climate-tipping-points-2668842604.html
Andean glacier retreat unprecedented in human civilization, study finds
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/andean-glacier-retreat-unprecedented-human-civilization-study-finds-2024-08-01/
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Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/11/brutal-heatwaves-submerged-cities-what-3c-world-would-look-like
Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/09/carbon-dioxide-atmosphere-record
Temperature rise may soon accelerate even more
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/05/temperature-rise-may-soon-accelerate-even-more.html
Tracking toward mass extinction
https://countercurrents.org/2024/05/tracking-toward-mass-extinction/
Ecological Disruption and Militarization of Antarctica will push the Planet Closer to Tipping Points
https://countercurrents.org/2024/05/ecological-disruption-and-militarization-of-antarctica-will-push-the-planet-closer-to-tipping-points/
A Make-or-Break Moment in Humanity's Perilous Journey
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/infinite-growth-on-a-finite-planet
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Ocean water is rushing miles underneath the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ with potentially dire impacts on sea level rise
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/20/climate/doomsday-glacier-melt-antarctica-climate-intl/index.html
Coral Bleaching 'Off the Charts' in Atlantic as NOAA Warns Ocean Going 'Crazy Haywire’
https://www.commondreams.org/news/coral-bleaching-2668300664
Q&A: The Dire Consequences of Global Warming in the Earth’s Oceans
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18052024/global-warming-oceans-consequences/
Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought – report
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/17/economic-damage-climate-change-report
Study: Antarctic sea ice melting boosted by warming climate
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/20/climate-change-antarctica-ice
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The World Is Ignoring the Other Deadly Kind of Carbon
https://www.wired.com/story/the-world-is-ignoring-the-other-deadly-kind-of-carbon/#:~:
Warming climate intensifies flash droughts worldwide—study defines and tracks critical measures of drought severity
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-climate-droughts-worldwide-tracks-critical.html
Amazon Rainforest Collapse?
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/05/24/amazon-rainforest-collapse/
Temperatures in the Tropics
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/05/temperatures-in-tropics.html
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Have feedbacks taken over?
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/06/have-feedbacks-taken-over.html
2023 summer warmth unparalleled over the past 2,000 years
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07512-y
Oceans face ‘triple threat’ of extreme heat, oxygen loss and acidification
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/04/extreme-heat-oceans-acidification
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Arctic Sea Ice Alert
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/06/arctic-sea-ice-alert.html
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How hot will it get?
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/06/how-hot-will-it-get.html
Ocean surface temperatures have gone from record hot to scary hot
http://redgreenandblue.org/2024/06/23/ocean-surface-temperatures-gone-record-hot-scary-hot/
Newly identified tipping point for ice sheets could mean greater sea level rise
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/25/newly-identified-tipping-point-for-ice-sheets-could-mean-greater-sea-level-rise#:~:
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Scientists just got closer to solving a major Antarctic puzzle
https://grist.org/science/climate-models-puzzle-antarctica-tipping-point/
Feedbacks
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/07/feedbacks.html
Climate Crisis Deepens, When Will We Get It?
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/07/04/climate-crisis-deepens-when-will-we-get-it/
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Carbon dioxide keeps rising in June 2024
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/07/carbon-dioxide-keeps-rising-in-june-2024.html
Glacier melt is accelerating in Alaska, study says. Dire news for rising seas?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2024/07/05/alaska-glacier-melt-accelerating/74308366007/#
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Study Pinpoints Links Between Melting Arctic Ice and Summertime Extreme Weather in Europe
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01032024/links-between-melting-arctic-ice-and-summertime-extreme-weather-in-europe/#
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Arctic sea ice set for steep decline
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/03/arctic-sea-ice-set-for-steep-decline.html
Arctic rivers face big changes with a warming climate, permafrost thaw and an accelerating water cycle − the effects will have global consequences
https://theconversation.com/arctic-rivers-face-big-changes-with-a-warming-climate-permafrost-thaw-and-an-accelerating-water-cycle-the-effects-will-have-global-consequences-224869
NOAA Warns World's Coral on Verge of 'Worst Bleaching Event in History of the Planet’
https://www.commondreams.org/news/coral-bleaching
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Are we breaking the Atlantic Ocean?
https://www.vox.com/climate/24099459/amoc-atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-freeze-europe
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Scientist: 2023 heat may put world in "uncharted territory”
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/21/climate-extreme-heat-2023#
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Atlantic ocean heat threatens to unleash methane eruptions
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/03/atlantic-ocean-heat-threatens-to-unleash-methane-eruptions.html
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Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Hit New Record Levels
https://www.commondreams.org/news/greenhouse-gas-emissions-2667710709
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Did the climate experience a Regime Change in 2023?
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/04/did-the-climate-experience-a-regime-change-in-2023.html
After climate tipping points, change will come slowly, then all at once
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4585835-after-climate-tipping-points-change-will-come-slowly-then-all-at-once/#:
Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/climate/ocean-heat-records.html
North Atlantic heating up
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/04/north-atlantic-heating-up.html
'Worst I Have Seen': 75% of Great Barrier Reef Suffers Coral Bleaching
https://www.commondreams.org/news/great-barrier-reef-bleaching
‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/06/simply-mind-boggling-world-record-temperature-jump-in-antarctic-raises-fears-of-catastrophe
Antarctic Sea Ice Hit Another New Low This Year: How Ocean Warming is Driving the Loss
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/04/12/antarctic-sea-ice-hit-another-new-low-this-year-how-ocean-warming-is-driving-the-loss/
Arctic permafrost is now a net source of major greenhouse gases
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426732-arctic-permafrost-is-now-a-net-source-of-major-greenhouse-gases/
Tenth consecutive monthly heat record alarms and confounds climate scientists
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2024/apr/09/tenth-consecutive-monthly-heat-record-alarms-confounds-climate-scientists
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Scientists Warn Gulf Stream Slowdown Could Begin as Early as 2025
https://oilprice.com/The-Environment/Global-Warming/Scientists-Warn-Gulf-Stream-Slowdown-Could-Begin-as-Early-as-2025.html
How climate change could be driving ‘killer’ cold outbreaks in oceans
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/climate/cold-ocean-upwelling-sharks-climate/index.html#
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LOOKING BACK: Role of Climate Crisis 'Can't Be Hand-Waved Away': Scientists Say Freezing Texas Linked to Warming Arctic
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/17/role-climate-crisis-cant-be-hand-waved-away-scientists-say-freezing-texas-linked
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Arctic sea ice under threat
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/04/arctic-sea-ice-under-threat.html
Temperature rise in the Tropics (update 3)
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/04/temperature-rise-in-the-tropics-update-3.html
The Orwellian rules-based Climate
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-orwellian-rules-based-climate.html
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Is CMIP6 SSP585 the worst-case scenario?
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/05/is-cmip6-ssp585-the-worst-case-scenario.html
Temperature rise in the Tropics (update 5)
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/04/temperature-rise-in-tropics-update-5.html
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World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature
How Changing Ocean Temperatures Could Upend Life on Earth
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/podcasts/the-daily/ocean-temperature-climate.html?showTranscript=1
Surprising Rising Seas “Must Reads”
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/05/10/surprising-rising-seas-must-reads/
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Our Fragile Earth: How Close Are We to Climate Catastrophe? - Lessons from past eras when Earth was a hothouse or a snowball tell us whether we are doomed by climate change or still have time to prevent that fate
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/our-fragile-earth-how-close-are-we-to-climate-catastrophe/
Unprecedented Times Call For Unprecedented Measures - If there are future generations, they will necessarily be living in a society that functions in a completely different way than our current one does.
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2023/09/27/unprecedented-times-call-for-unprecedented-measures/
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Global temperatures are off the charts for a reason: 4 factors driving 2023’s extreme heat and climate disaster
https://theconversation.com/global-temperatures-are-off-the-charts-for-a-reason-4-factors-driving-2023s-extreme-heat-and-climate-disasters-209975
Antarctica’s Dicey Summer
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/10/06/antarcticas-dicey-summer/
LOOKING BACK: The Great Climate Flip-Flop
https://www.theatlantic.com
Study: Climate change to drive temperatures too hot for humans
https://www.axios.com/2023/10/10/climate-change-heat-temperatures-billions-humans-study
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Extreme Climate Impacts From Collapse of a Key Atlantic Ocean Current Could be Worse Than Expected, a New Study Warns
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09022024/climate-impacts-from-collapse-of-atlantic-meridional-overturning-current-could-be-worse-than-expected/
Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study reveals
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/17/greenland-losing-30m-tonnes-of-ice-an-hour-study-reveals
Greenland is getting greener. That could have huge consequences for the world
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/13/climate/greenland-ice-loss-vegetation-climate-intl/index.html
LOOKING BACK - Threat of AMOC Collapse Begs Question: If Not Now, Then When? If Not Us, Then Who? - We must use this as a catalyst for massive behavior change and mass forms of protests to force our corrupt officials to rapidly decarbonize the economy by 2030—not 2050.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/amoc-collapse
Blue Ocean Event 2024?
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/02/blue-ocean-event-2024.html
Antarctic Tipping Point That Occurred 8,000 Years Ago 'Could Happen Again’
https://www.commondreams.org/news/antarctic-tipping-point
LOOKING BACK - This year is so hot, Antarctica is missing sea ice equivalent in size to Argentina - Antarctic sea ice is melting and massive chunks are not coming back yet, alarming scientists
https://www.salon.com/2023/07/31/this-year-is-so-hot-antarctica-is-missing-sea-ice-equivalent-in-size-to-argentina/
LOOKING BACK - Rapidly Melting Glaciers Threaten Collapse of Crucial Ocean Circulation Systems: Study
https://www.commondreams.org/news/melting-ice-ocean-circulation
For The First Time In History, Humanity Has A Single Common Foe - It’s no longer about nation versus nation, ruler versus ruler, group versus group, person versus person. It’s about humankind versus extinction. It’s a fight that can only have one winner, and it’s a fight we can only win together.
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2023/08/24/for-the-first-time-in-history-humanity-has-a-single-common-foe/
Unprecedented Times Call For Unprecedented Measures
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2023/09/27/unprecedented-times-call-for-unprecedented-measures/comment-page-1/#comments
Like ‘Em or Not, Climate Defiance Is Determined To Get In Your Face
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/climate-defiance-fossil-fuel-protests-radical-extinction-rebellion/
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The Fastest Warming on Earth
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/02/23/the-fastest-warming-on-earth/
Beyond the tipping point: The Collapse of Ocean Currents and its Weather impact on the United States and Europe
https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/ocean-currents-near-a-tipping-point-of-collapse-weather-effects-united-states-europe-fa/
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For The First Time In History, Humanity Has A Single Common Foe - It’s no longer about nation versus nation, ruler versus ruler, group versus group, person versus person. It’s about humankind versus extinction. It’s a fight that can only have one winner, and it’s a fight we can only win together.
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2023/08/24/for-the-first-time-in-history-humanity-has-a-single-common-foe/
A Wish List for the Next Major US Climate Legislation - Even as climate advocates push for the equitable and effective implementation of the IRA and IIJA, we also need to be thinking about our next big steps.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/climate-legislation-wish-list
The Climate Crisis Demands Collective and Individual Leadership and Responsibility - Not everyone can lower their carbon footprint, but every person can do one thing within a community context of support.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/climate-crisis-demands-responsibility
Does rising methane signal a ‘great transition’ in climate?
https://earthsky.org/earth/rising-methane-termination-event-euan-nisbet/?mc_cid=cd03fb9cf2&mc_eid=acdf275071
Extreme Weather Hits Around the World as Global Temperatures Rise
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/22/climate/tropical-storm-california-maui-fire-extreme-august.html
After America’s summer of extreme weather, ‘next year may well be worse’ - A freakish season of record temperatures, wildfire smoke and the destruction of Lahaina could soon become normal, climate experts say
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/26/us-summer-extreme-heat-wildfires-climate-crisis
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Mega Risks Threaten Earth
https://countercurrents.org/2023/09/mega-risks-threaten-earth/
What Arctic ice tells us about climate change - I went with scientists to a remote part of the Greenland ice sheet. Here’s what I learned, and why it matters for the rest of the world.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/29/arctic-ice-sheet-melting-climate-change/
This Brutal Summer in 10 Alarming Maps and Graphs
https://www.wired.com/story/this-brutal-summer-in-10-alarming-maps-and-graphs/
Understanding El Niño, La Niña and Climate Change: Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and its Role in Complex Oceanic Phenomena
https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/sea-surface-temperature-climate-change-sz/
Hurricane Idalia’s Explosive Power Comes from Abnormally Hot Oceans - By burning fossil fuels, humans force the oceans to soak up the heat equivalent of a Hiroshima-size bomb, over and over
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/hurricane-idalias-explosive-power-comes-from-abnormally-hot-oceans
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US Foreign Policy Has an Extinction Agenda - As the world loses time to act, US elites are working to dominate the remains of a ruined planet.
https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/climate-change-foreign-policy/
WHERE DANGEROUS HEAT IS SURGING
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/extreme-heat-wet-bulb-globe-temperature/
‘Smashed’: summer of 2023 the hottest ever recorded - The climate crisis and emerging El Niño event pushed up temperatures and drove extreme weather across the world
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/06/summer-of-2023-hottest-recorded-in-wake-up-call-to-cut-carbon-emissions
NOAA Finds Carbon Concentrations Highest in 800,000 Years as Sea Level Rise Hits Record - The new global report states that burning fossil fuels is "the main driver of increasing atmospheric CO2.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/noaa-finds-carbon-concentrations-highest-in-800000-years-as-sea-level-rise-hits-record
Antarctica warming much faster than models predicted in ‘deeply concerning’ sign for sea levels
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/08/antarctica-warming-much-faster-than-models-predicted-in-deeply-concerning-sign-for-sea-levels
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Methane eruptions threaten
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/methane-eruptions-threaten.html
From Carbon Sink to Source: The Stark Changes in Arctic Lakes
https://e360.yale.edu/features/greenland-lakes-climate-change
Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find - First complete ‘scientific health check’ shows most global systems beyond stable range in which modern civilisation emerged
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/earth-well-outside-safe-operating-space-for-humanity-scientists-find
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A climate of Insanity
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/a-climate-of-insanity.html
Seafloor methane tipping point reached
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/seafloor-methane-tipping-point-reached.html
Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66724246
Climate change: Southern Ocean’s shrunken sea ice has entered ‘new state’
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/climate-change-southern-oceans-shrunken-sea-ice-has-entered-new-state/4A46B76GIFEWRFGVVTDX67TLAM/
Antarctica experienced wild weather in 2022
https://earthsky.org/earth/antarctica-wild-weather-heatwaves-2022/?mc_cid=1e580f62ee&mc_eid=acdf275071
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Think this summer was bad? It might be the best one you and I will ever see - The calamitous summer of 2023 was an oasis of tranquility, compared to what's coming
https://www.salon.com/2023/09/23/think-this-summer-was-bad-it-might-be-the-best-one-you-and-i-will-ever-see/
September 2023, highest anomaly on record?
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/september-2023-highest-anomaly-on-record.html
Key Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) Likely To Collapse In 2025-2095
https://countercurrents.org/2023/09/key-atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-amoc-likely-to-collapse-in-2025-2095/
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This year is so hot, Antarctica is missing sea ice equivalent in size to Argentina - Antarctic sea ice is melting and massive chunks are not coming back yet, alarming scientists
https://www.salon.com/2023/07/31/this-year-is-so-hot-antarctica-is-missing-sea-ice-equivalent-in-size-to-argentina/
Extreme Rain From Atmospheric Rivers and Ice-Heating Micro-Cracks Are Ominous New Threats to the Greenland Ice Sheet - New evidence of a previous Greenland meltdown suggests large parts of the ice sheet vanished at temperatures similar to today’s.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31072023/greenland-ice-sheet-microcracks-atmospheric-rivers-tipping-points/
It’s not just hot. Climate anomalies are emerging around the globe. - July was packed with weather anomalies, but some were so abnormal they sent a wave of consternation through the scientific community
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/31/july-hottest-month-extreme-weather-future/
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Four Factors Driving 2023’s Extreme Heat and Climate Disasters - The extremes this year are sharper than anthropogenic global warming alone would be expected to cause.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/four-factors-driving-2023s-extreme-heat-and-climate-disasters/
What climate change deniers get totally wrong about the Little Ice Age - What does a regional period of mid-millennial cooling have to do with today's climate disasters? Absolutely nothing
https://www.salon.com/2023/08/07/what-climate-change-deniers-get-totally-about-the-little-ice-age/
Study Warns Burning Fossil Fuels 'Anywhere in the World' Is Destructive to Antarctica - Slashing greenhouse gas emissions is "our best hope of preserving Antarctica," said the lead author of a new study.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/study-warns-burning-fossil-fuels-anywhere-in-the-world-is-destructive-to-antarctica
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Two Tipping Points
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/two-tipping-points.html
Coral Bleaching Across Caribbean Raises Fears of 'Catastrophic Mortality' of Reefs Worldwide - “This will only get worse until there is a global reduction in greenhouse gas emissions," said one expert.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/coral-bleaching-caribbean
Return of the Blob?
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/return-of-the-blob.html
How do you measure sea level rise? A look at the science at the center of climate change
https://www.dailyclimate.org/how-do-you-measure-sea-level-rise-a-look-at-the-science-at-the-center-of-climate-change-2663733685.html
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How Canada's wildfires are warming the stratosphere
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230817-how-wildfires-push-up-temperatures-long-after-they-are-extinguished
Zero-degree line at record height above Switzerland as heat and fire hit Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/21/zero-degree-line-record-height-switzerland-heatwave-wildfire-europe
Is Industrial Society on the Verge of Collapse?
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/is-society-on-the-verge-of-collapse
How Canada's wildfires are warming the stratosphere
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230817-how-wildfires-push-up-temperatures-long-after-they-are-extinguished
Our oceans are the warmest in recorded history. This is why it's so concerning - How are our oceans being affected by rising global temperatures? From the threat of a disruption to a vital ocean circulation, to La Niña and El Niños, to the poles, we take a look at how they are changing.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/oceans-explainer-1.6937010
More Snow Can Actually Cause Tundra to Thaw Faster, Unleashing Buried Carbon
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/arctic-snow-emissions-climate-change
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‘It’s absolutely guaranteed’: the best and worst case scenarios for sea level rise
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/26/its-absolutely-guaranteed-the-best-and-worst-case-scenarios-for-sea-level-rise
‘Never occurred before’: How the Arctic is sizzling Texas
https://www.eenews.net/articles/never-occurred-before-how-the-arctic-is-sizzling-texas/
Ocean temperatures are off the charts—here’s what that means for the weather - Ocean temperatures are at their highest average levels in 40 years, and it’s having enormous effects on weather systems around the world.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90915248/ocean-temperatures-are-off-the-charts-heres-what-that-means-for-the-weather
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Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests - A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/25/gulf-stream-could-collapse-as-early-as-2025-study-suggests
Threat of AMOC Collapse Begs Question: If Not Now, Then When? If Not Us, Then Who? - We must use this as a catalyst for massive behavior change and mass forms of protests to force our corrupt officials to rapidly decarbonize the economy by 2030—not 2050.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/amoc-collapse
Record high North Atlantic sea surface temperature
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/07/record-high-north-atlantic-sea-surface-temperature.html
Record-shattering heat signals a global climate change tipping point
https://countercurrents.org/2023/07/record-shattering-heat-signals-a-global-climate-change-tipping-point/
'Could Be a World Record': South Florida Ocean Temperature Hits 101.1°F - “I have no doubt a dip in Manatee Bay today would have been a hot tub-like experience," said one meteorologist earlier this week.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/florida-ocean-temperature
On the Coast of Greenland, Early Arctic Spring Has Been Replaced by Seasonal Extremes, New Research Shows - In assembling data over 25 years, scientists found plants and animals reaching the limits of their ability to respond to climate variability.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26072023/greenland-arctic-seasons-climate-change/
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Extreme Rain From Atmospheric Rivers and Ice-Heating Micro-Cracks Are Ominous New Threats to the Greenland Ice Sheet - New evidence of a previous Greenland meltdown suggests large parts of the ice sheet vanished at temperatures similar to today’s.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31072023/greenland-ice-sheet-microcracks-atmospheric-rivers-tipping-points/
This year is so hot, Antarctica is missing sea ice equivalent in size to Argentina - Antarctic sea ice is melting and massive chunks are not coming back yet, alarming scientists
https://www.salon.com/2023/07/31/this-year-is-so-hot-antarctica-is-missing-sea-ice-equivalent-in-size-to-argentina/
It’s not just hot. Climate anomalies are emerging around the globe. - July was packed with weather anomalies, but some were so abnormal they sent a wave of consternation through the scientific community
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/31/july-hottest-month-extreme-weather-future/
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Extreme Rain From Atmospheric Rivers and Ice-Heating Micro-Cracks Are Ominous New Threats to the Greenland Ice Sheet - New evidence of a previous Greenland meltdown suggests large parts of the ice sheet vanished at temperatures similar to today’s.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31072023/greenland-ice-sheet-microcracks-atmospheric-rivers-tipping-points/
This year is so hot, Antarctica is missing sea ice equivalent in size to Argentina - Antarctic sea ice is melting and massive chunks are not coming back yet, alarming scientists
https://www.salon.com/2023/07/31/this-year-is-so-hot-antarctica-is-missing-sea-ice-equivalent-in-size-to-argentina/
It’s not just hot. Climate anomalies are emerging around the globe. - July was packed with weather anomalies, but some were so abnormal they sent a wave of consternation through the scientific community
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/31/july-hottest-month-extreme-weather-future/
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World likely to breach 1.5C climate threshold by 2027, scientists warn - UN agency says El Niño and human-induced climate breakdown could combine to push temperatures into ‘uncharted territory’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/17/global-heating-climate-crisis-record-temperatures-wmo-research
Heat Will Likely Soar to Record Levels in Next 5 Years, New Analysis Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/climate/record-heat-forecast.html
Climate Crisis Likely to Intensify El Niño, Pushing Global Temperatures Past 1.5°C Threshold - “It's the first time in history that it's more likely than not that we will exceed 1.5°C," said a co-author of a new U.N. report.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/climate-crisis-el-nino-1-5c
Big Trouble in the Deep: World's Oceans Are Now Heating Up Very, Very, Very Fast - Remember, people, this is an experiment we haven’t run before, and the test tube we’re using is the whole planet.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/ocean-temperatures-heating-up
The Upper Atmosphere Is Cooling, Prompting New Climate Concerns - A new study reaffirming that global climate change is human-made also found the upper atmosphere is cooling dramatically because of rising CO2 levels. Scientists are worried about the effect this cooling could have on orbiting satellites, the ozone layer, and Earth’s weather.
https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-change-upper-atmosphere-cooling
By Fighting the Ozone Hole, We Accidentally Saved Ourselves - With the Montreal Protocol, life on Earth dodged a bullet we didn’t even know was headed our way.
https://hakaimagazine.com/news/by-fighting-the-ozone-hole-we-accidentally-saved-ourselves/
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The Atmosphere is Cooling Dangerously Fast
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/23/the-atmosphere-is-cooling-dangerously-fast/
Unusual Ocean Anomalies are being detected in the North Atlantic, impacting the Atlantic storm systems as we head into the Summer season
https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/unusual-ocean-anomaly-el-nino-north-atlantic-pressure-system-impact-united-states-europe-fa/
Faster and faster: The pace of climate change keeps surprising us
https://countercurrents.org/2023/05/faster-and-faster-the-pace-of-climate-change-keeps-surprising-us/
'Very Bad News Indeed': Study Sounds Alarm on Threat of Deep Ocean Current Collapse - “It's something that is a concern because it touches on so many aspects of the Earth, including climate, sea level, and marine life," said one oceanographer.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/deep-ocean-current
Faster and faster: The pace of climate change keeps surprising us
https://countercurrents.org/2023/05/faster-and-faster-the-pace-of-climate-change-keeps-surprising-us/
James Hansen Warns of a Short-Term Climate Shock Bringing 2 Degrees of Warming by 2050 - The famed researcher publicly released a preliminary version of a paper-in-progress with grim predictions of short- and long-term warming, but not all climate scientists agree with its conclusions.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26052023/james-hansen-climate-change-2-degrees-2050/
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Antarctic alarm bells: observations reveal deep ocean currents are slowing earlier than predicted
https://theconversation.com/antarctic-alarm-bells-observations-reveal-deep-ocean-currents-are-slowing-earlier-than-predicted-206289
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Arctic sea ice under threat
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/06/arctic-sea-ice-under-threat.html
Climate Crisis Is on Track to Push One-Third of Humanity Out of Its Most Livable Environment - As conditions that best support life shift toward the poles, more than 600 million people are already living outside of a crucial “climate niche,” facing more extreme heat, rising food scarcity and higher death rates.
https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-crisis-niche-migration-environment-population
Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere mark a near-record surge - ‘Not good,’ said one climate scientist, referring to a near-record increase in CO2 levels since May of last year
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/06/05/carbon-dioxide-growing-climate-change/
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Global Temps Not Just Off the Chart, But Off the Wall the Chart Is Tagged To - The rapid warming over the next couple of years is likely to be our last opportunity to really act coherently as a civilization to reduce the magnitude of this crisis, and so far we are blowing it
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/global-temps-not-just-off-the-chart-but-off-the-wall-the-chart-is-tagged-to
In 'Stern Warning Sign,' Ocean and Air Temps Break May and June Records - Some scientists predict that 2023 could be the warmest year on record, as a developing El Niño exacerbates the impacts of the climate crisis.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ocean-and-air-temps-break-may-and-june-records
North Atlantic temperature anomaly sparks concern among climate scientists - The combination of long-term ocean warming from human emissions plus short-term natural variation is thought to be responsible.
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/north-atlantic-el-nino-national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-scientists-university-of-sussex-b2356711.html
The world’s oceans are extremely hot. We’re about to find out what happens next. - Unprecedented Atlantic Ocean heating and El Niño in the Pacific are pushing the climate into uncharted territory.
https://www.vox.com/climate/23762529/atlantic-ocean-record-heat-wave-el-nino-hurricane-climate-change
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The Corporate Media's Shocking Silence on Latest Tipping Points Study - When what should be top "headline news," gets nearly no major coverage at all.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/media-silence-on-climate-tipping-points
‘Scary’ new data on the last ice age raises concerns about future sea levels - A new study shows an ancient ice sheet retreated at a startling 2,000 feet per day, shedding light on how quickly ice in Antarctica could melt and raise global sea levels in today’s warming world
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/05/antarctica-ice-melt/
A Toxic Time Bomb Is Ticking in the Arctic - Thousands of contaminated sites are sitting on permafrost that'll soon thaw, a looming disaster that could spread beyond the region.
https://www.wired.com/story/a-toxic-time-bomb-is-ticking-in-the-arctic/
Potent Heat-Trapping Methane Emissions Saw 4th-Largest Annual Increase in 2022: NOAA - “Allowing any new fossil fuel projects, more fracking, and [liquefied natural gas] is an unspeakable climate crime.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/methane-rose-2022
Ozone Troubles, Once Again
https://countercurrents.org/2023/04/ozone-troubles-once-again/
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Temperatures rising fast March 2023 - Monthly Northern Hemisphere Land Temperature Anomaly
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/04/temperatures-rising-fast-march-2023.html
Global warming is disrupting an Antarctic current system that life on Earth relies on - The base of the food chain could lose much of its nutrient supply if the current collapses
https://www.salon.com/2023/04/11/global-warming-is-disrupting-an-antarctic-current-system-that-life-on-earth-relies-on/
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New Research Sparks Concerns That Ocean Circulation Will Collapse - Scientists have long feared that warming could cause a breakdown of ocean circulation in the North Atlantic. But new research finds the real risk lies in Antarctica’s waters, where melting could disrupt currents in the next few decades, with profound impacts on global climate.
https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-change-ocean-circulation-collapse-antarctica
Greenland's melting ice could be changing our oceans. Just ask the whales
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/18/1170547217/greenlands-melting-ice-could-be-changing-our-oceans-just-ask-the-whales
How melting Arctic ice could be fueling extreme wildfires in the Western U.S.
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/20/1170884097/how-melting-arctic-ice-could-be-fueling-extreme-wildfires-in-the-western-u-s
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It’s Earth Day—and the News Isn’t Good - New reports show that ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting faster than anticipated, and other disasters loom.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/its-earth-day-and-the-news-isnt-good
Record ocean temperatures put Earth in ‘uncharted territory’, say scientists - ‘Unprecedented’ warming indicates climate crisis is taking place before our eyes, experts say
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/26/accelerating-ocean-warming-earth-temperatures-climate-crisis
High sea surface temperature in North Atlantic
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/04/high-sea-surface-temperature-in-north-atlantic.html
"It demonstrates the potential enormity of the problems society may face over the coming centuries" UiT scientists on the new data from the Barents Sea. - New Barents Sea study points to how global sea level will continue to rise.
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2023/04/it-demonstrates-potential-enormity-problems-society-may-face-over-coming-centuries-uit
Life Beneath the Arctic Ice Is Chock-Full of Microplastics
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2023/04/life-beneath-the-arctic-ice-is-chock-full-of-microplastics/
Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65339934?fbclid=IwAR2peW1rkcbGjN5625EjdxBY1YVyoTYxYOMu2UgcFwkpcv5570HLkzrTLOw
Accelerating melt of ice sheets now ‘unmistakable'
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65317469?fbclid=IwAR0KZVx7IlvIWVblQ_G-ITaj00S8hEs5Q36CpQ_p3HOsVxazh-XQaLHddMk
Hot or Cold: Unlocking the Secrets of Earth’s Extreme Temperatures and Their Implications for Our Future
https://www.severe-weather.eu/weather-instruments/air-temperature-sz/
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Can Iceberg Surges in the Arctic Trigger Rapid Warming at the Other End of The World? - New research shows a fast-acting climate connection between poles that may be driven by wind rather than by ocean currents
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28042023/arctic-iceberg-surges-global-warming/
Climate change: Satellite maps warming impact on global glaciers
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65399580
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Will there be Arctic sea ice left in September 2023?
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/05/will-there-be-arctic-sea-ice-left-in-september-2023.html
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Underwater heat waves could be reshaping the weather around the world - Marine heat waves are happening on an unprecedented global scale, and El Niño will only make matters worse. Experts break down what it means for global weather patterns.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/climate/underwater-heat-waves-could-be-reshaping-the-weather-around-the-world/1523886
'Bad News': Unexpected Melting of Greenland Glacier Could Double Sea-Level Rise Projections - nThe way that the Petermann Glacier in Northwest Greenland is melting indicates that current models are too conservative.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/melting-of-greenland-glacier-could-double-sea-level-rise-projects
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Beware a climate ‘doom loop,’ where crisis is harder to solve, report says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/02/16/doom-loop-earth-climate-change/
Big Heat Hits Antarctica
https://countercurrents.org/2023/02/big-heat-hits-antarctica/
Stronger El Niño events may speed up irreversible melting of Antarctic ice, research finds - New study shows impact of weather phenomenon could have a ‘double whammy’ effect, leading to worsening extreme weather and accelerating sea level rise
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/21/stronger-el-nino-events-may-speed-up-irreversible-melting-of-antarctic-ice-research-finds
Alpine Snow Cover Decline Worst in 600 Years - Millions of people depend on meltwater from the Alps snowpack.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/alpine-snow-cover-decline-worst-in-600-years/
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A looming El Niño could give us a preview of life at 1.5C of warming - The hotter weather pattern might push the Earth into unprecedented territory next year.
https://grist.org/science/el-nino-tipping-points-amazon-great-barrier-reef/
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Antarctic ice on the run, with a 45-year low
https://earthsky.org/earth/antarctic-ice-on-the-run-plus-a-45-year-low/?utm_source=EarthSky+News&utm_campaign=d70f229f0c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_02_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c643945d79-d70f229f0c-395109277&mc_cid=d70f229f0c&mc_eid=acdf275071
Stronger El Niño events may speed up irreversible melting of Antarctic ice, research finds - New study shows impact of weather phenomenon could have a ‘double whammy’ effect, leading to worsening extreme weather and accelerating sea level rise
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/21/stronger-el-nino-events-may-speed-up-irreversible-melting-of-antarctic-ice-research-finds
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Greenland temperatures surge up to 50 degrees above normal, setting records
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/03/07/greenland-record-warmth-ice-sheet/
Antarctic sea ice cover at record low
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230308-antarctic-sea-ice-cover-at-record-low
With global warming of just 1.2°C, why has the weather gotten so extreme? - Climate change increases extreme weather by adding more heat and moisture to the air and through disruption of fundamental atmospheric circulation patterns.
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/03/with-global-warming-of-just-1-2c-why-has-the-weather-gotten-so-extreme/
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The Toxic Threat in Thawing Permafrost - Scientists are tracking neurotoxic methylmercury production in North America’s largest peatland.
https://hakaimagazine.com/news/the-toxic-threat-in-thawing-permafrost/
Arctic ice has seen an ‘irreversible’ thinning since 2007, study says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/03/15/artic-sea-irreversible-low/
A looming El Niño could give us a preview of life at 1.5C of warming - The hotter weather pattern might push the Earth into unprecedented territory next year
https://www.salon.com/2023/03/17/a-looming-el-nio-could-give-us-a-preview-of-life-at-15c-of-warming_partner/
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Sea surface temperature at record high
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/03/sea-surface-temperature-at-record-high.html
Earth’s oceans are showing early and surprising record warming
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/03/21/ocean-temperatures-record-warm-climate/
Amazon Rainforest Destabilizes the World
https://countercurrents.org/2023/03/amazon-rainforest-destabilizes-the-world/
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Southern atmospheric rivers are melting the Arctic sea ice; it may never recover: Study
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/southern-atmospheric-rivers-are-melting-the-arctic-sea-ice-it-may-never-recover-study/
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Trump's Indictment Was Not the Biggest Story of the Week
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-indictment-antarctica-study
Antarctic ocean currents heading for collapse - report [“The effect of Antarctic meltwater on ocean currents has not yet been factored in to IPCC models on climate change, but it is going to be "considerable", Prof England said.”]
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-65120327?fbclid=IwAR0YOg6DyYf_jrLbxpMlVzh6r2P4dvZOvUBg-8wCyDEgQye5N0JrYjk3GEc
IPCC keeps downplaying the danger even as reality strikes
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/04/ipcc-keeps-downplaying-the-danger-even-as-reality-strikes.html
The Chemical Menace Inside Glaciers and Icebergs - Ice can trap pollutants and accelerate their breakdown, with troubling environmental consequences.
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/pollutant-degradation-ice-cores-antarctica
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The Last 8 Years Were the Hottest on Record
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/climate/earth-hottest-years.html
Report Shows 'Terrible Prognosis' as US Emissions Continue Rising Amid Climate Emergency
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-carbon-emissions-2022
Relentless Rise of Ocean Heat Content Drives Deadly Extremes
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11012023/relentless-rise-of-ocean-heat-content-drives-deadly-extremes/
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The ocean's temperature was hotter than ever in 2022, scientists say - Alarmingly, rising ocean temperatures have a trickle-down effect on human food systems and weather patterns
https://www.salon.com/2023/01/18/the-oceans-temperature-was-hotter-than-ever-in-2022-scientists-say/
One of the World’s Coldest Places Is Now the Warmest it’s Been in 1,000 Years, Scientists Say
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18012023/greenland-ice-sheet-global-warming/
New Study Reveals Arctic Ice, Tracked Both Above and Below, Is Freezing Later - Climate change is affecting the timing of both the freezing of the ice and its melting in the spring.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23012023/arctic-ice-global-warming/
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The global climate change suicide pact
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-global-climate-change-suicide-pact.html
Davos: The Arctic as 'ground zero' for climate change (VIDEO)
https://www.dw.com/en/the-arctic-as-ground-zero-for-climate-change/video-64430448
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Dire situation gets even more dire - Sea ice extent is very low at both poles at the moment, and the outlook is that the situation is getting even worse.
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/02/dire-situation-gets-even-more-dire.html
AI Study Warns World Could Hit 2°C Within Decades—Even With Emissions Cuts - “This new study, using a new method, adds to the evidence that we certainly will face continuing changes in climate that intensify the impacts we are already feeling," said the lead author.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ai-climate-warming-paris
Extreme cold snaps: Why temperatures still plummet to dangerous levels even as the planet warms
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/03/world/extreme-cold-arctic-polar-vortex-climate-intl/index.html
Society isn’t changing fast enough to stop climate change: study
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3839348-society-isnt-changing-fast-enough-to-stop-climate-change-study/?fbclid=IwAR3riHrOdDMh2iEDvAyywoH7cM_WeWd7C-mCcGrUFk7LCRUrTOOAz7qm6-Y
Microplastics Are Filling the Skies. Will They Affect the Climate?
https://e360.yale.edu/features/plastic-waste-atmosphere-climate-weather
Exxon scientists accurately forecast climate change back in the 1970s – what if we had listened to them and acted then?
https://theconversation.com/exxon-scientists-accurately-forecast-climate-change-back-in-the-1970s-what-if-we-had-listened-to-them-and-acted-then-197944
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'No Time to Waste': Alarm as Antarctic Ice Hits Lowest January Level Ever Recorded - “These extreme temperatures remain a tangible indication of the effects of a changing climate for many regions," said one European climate official.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/antarctic-sea-ice
Atmospheric rivers are hitting the Arctic more often, and increasingly melting its sea ice
https://theconversation.com/atmospheric-rivers-are-hitting-the-arctic-more-often-and-increasingly-melting-its-sea-ice-199189
Millions face threat of flooding from glacial lakes
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64547096
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Antarctic Researchers Report an Extraordinary Marine Heatwave That Could Threaten Antarctica’s Ice Shelves - The inexorable rise of ocean heat is now evident off the coast of West Antarctica, potentially disrupting critical parts of the global climate system and accelerating sea level rise.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12022023/antarctic-ice-shelves-marine-heatwave/
The Arctic’s Iceless Upheaval
https://countercurrents.org/2023/02/the-arctics-iceless-upheaval/
Will Steffen: The dilemma of pioneer climate scientists
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/02/will-steffen-the-dilemma-of-pioneer-climate-scientists.html
Our Environment at Risk: Climate change may be worse than you think
https://lacrossetribune.com/opinion/columnists/our-environment-at-risk-climate-change-may-be-worse-than-you-think/article_8400742e-a661-11ed-8d2b-9baa43ddce0c.html
Antarctica Crushes Records
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/23/antarctica-crushes-records/
Snatam Kaur - Earth Prayer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYolzWpE1Z4
Polar heatwaves must ‘wake people up’ to urgency of climate crisis, scientists say
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/antarctic-heatwave-arctic-climate-russia-b2041410.html
Arctic sea ice reached its maximum extent at a near-record early date
https://www.arctictoday.com/arctic-sea-ice-reached-its-maximum-extent-at-a-near-record-early-date/?wallit_nosession=1
Shifts in El Niño May Be Driving Climates Extremes in Both Hemispheres
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23032022/el-nino-hemispheres/
Signs of the rise to come
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2022/03/signs-of-rise-to-come.html
Portents of an irreversible climate change
https://countercurrents.org/2022/03/portents-of-an-irreversible-climate-change/
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'Wake-Up Call': Antarctic Ice Shelf the Size of Los Angeles Has Collapsed
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/25/wake-call-antarctic-ice-shelf-size-los-angeles-has-collapsed
Antarctica on Edge
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/28/antarctica-on-edge/
Antarctic ice shelves are shattering. How fast will seas rise?
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/antarctic-ice-shelves-are-shattering-how-fast-will-seas-rise
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How Greenland’s ice streams could have major impact on sea level rise
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/greenland-ice-sheet-melt-sea-level-b2239151.html
Melting ice created the perfect storm for a rapidly acidifying Arctic Ocean
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/melting-ice-created-the-perfect-storm-for-a-rapidly-acidifying-arctic-ocean/
Sea Ice and Snow Extent in the Northern Hemisphere are now in Their Major Growth phase Representing key Elements in the Formation of the Chilly Winter Reservoir
https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/sea-ice-snow-extent-northern-hemisphere-grow-winter-rrc/
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An Unmistakable Stain in America’s Most Pristine Rivers - Climate change is rusting Alaska’s waterways.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/12/alaska-rivers-rust-climate-change-permafrost/672475/
Abandoned Cold War ice core points to lush Greenland future
https://www.eenews.net/articles/abandoned-cold-war-ice-core-points-to-lush-greenland-future/
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As a Result of an Impressive Cold Blob Anomaly in the North Atlantic, Glaciers in Parts of Greenland, Iceland, and Norway are now Slowing Down From Melting
https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/impressive-cold-blob-north-atlantic-global-warming-glaciers-greenland-iceland-norway-rrc/
Environmental review of 2022: another mile on the ‘highway to climate hell’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/30/environmental-review-of-2022-another-mile-on-the-highway-to-climate-hell
Another Blistering Year Next Year?
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/30/another-blistering-year-next-year/
Arctic Ocean overheating
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/search/label/El Niño
Feedbacks in the Arctic
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/p/feedbacks.html
Antarctic Sea ice extent hits a new record low, possibly heading to set the most significant negative anomaly ever observed in the satellite era
https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/antarctic-sea-ice-extent-record-low-anomaly-observed-rrc/
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A huge temperature rise threatens to unfold soon
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-huge-temperature-rise-threatens-to-unfold-soon.html
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Greenhouse gas levels keep rising at accelerating speed
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2022/02/greenhouse-gas-levels-keep-rising-at-accelerating-speed.html
Accelerating loss of global snow and ice cover
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2022/02/accelerating-loss-of-global-snow-and-ice-cover.html
Antarctica will likely set an alarming new record this year, new data shows
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/18/world/antarctica-sea-ice-low-extent-record-climate/index.html
Flourishing plants show warming Antarctica undergoing ‘major change’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/14/flourishing-plants-show-warming-antarctica-undergoing-major-change-aoe
Arctic Methane Threat: Global Warming Increasing Bacterial Methanogenesis & Methane Release
https://countercurrents.org/2022/02/arctic-methane-threat-global-warming-increasing-bacterial-methanogenesis-methane-release/
Serious, Salty Trouble Is Brewing Under Antarctic Glaciers
https://www.wired.com/story/serious-salty-trouble-may-be-brewing-under-antarctic-glaciers/
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This is what would happen to Earth if a nuclear war broke out between the West and Russia
https://www.salon.com/2022/02/19/this-is-what-would-happen-to-earth-if-a-nuclear-broke-out-between-the-west-and/
A major Atlantic current is at a critical transition point
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/amoc-shutdown-gulf-stream-climate/?amp=1
Accelerating melt rate makes Greenland Ice Sheet world’s largest ‘dam’
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/greenland?fbclid=IwAR2HyNa2b5JZyqM16NGacTeEdnxGgy7iOm1KK7RjcKfKoEuE5j3Mjx9QVQs
A Big Climate Warning from One of the Gulf of Maine’s Smallest Marine Creatures
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20022022/maine-marine-ecosystem-calanus-finmarchicus-climate-change/
Albedo loss in Antarctica
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2022/02/albedo-loss-in-antarctica.html
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‘Delay is Death,’ said UN Chief António Guterres of the New IPCC Report Showing Climate Impacts Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28022022/ipcc-report-russia-ukraine-adaptation-fossil-fuels/
Climate emergency a ‘national security’ concern, says Red Cross
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/27/climate-emergency-a-national-security-concern-says-red-cross
What the IPCC impacts report is hiding
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2022/02/what-the-ipcc-impacts-report-is-hiding.html
'No turning back': Glaciers are sweating at an unprecedented rate
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/glaciers-melting-retreating-chile-argentina-patagonia-global-warming-climate-change/1149493
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New observations from ICESat-2 show remarkable Arctic sea ice thinning in just three years
https://phys.org/news/2022-03-icesat-remarkable-arctic-sea-ice.html?fbclid=IwAR0Ob1322lK00UF7zDQVEEvGvwlShp9uYw0STiFgNWE-RJwfZEHF5SorI8o
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Methane rise is accelerating
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2022/03/methane-rise-is-accelerating.html
Methane Acceleration Sets Record
https://countercurrents.org/2022/03/methane-acceleration-sets-record/
Scientists Find Craters—Including One Bigger Than a City Block—in Arctic Seafloor
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/16/scientists-find-craters-including-one-bigger-city-block-arctic-seafloor
‘Imminent’ tipping point threatening Europe’s permafrost peatlands
https://www.carbonbrief.org/imminent-tipping-point-threatening-europes-permafrost-peatlands
Biden's Climate Action Woefully Inadequate to Meet Escalating Crisis
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/03/15/bidens-climate-action-woefully-inadequate-meet-escalating-crisis
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LOOKING BACK - The Military’s Warning on Global Warming - “What the military recognizes and the civilian government does not, is that the biggest security threat, the biggest security threat our species has faced in 10,000 years, is global warming. The military doesn’t call it a hoax. The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review calls climate change “an accelerant of instability” and a “threat multiplier.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2017/09/11/the-militarys-warning-on-global-warming/
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Terrifying Arctic greenhouse gas levels continue
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2022/01/terrifying-arctic-greenhouse-gas-levels-continue.html
Greenland Ice Sheet Shrunk for 25th Year Straight in 2021, Report Shows
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/01/07/greenland-ice-sheet-shrunk-25th-year-straight-2021-report-shows
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Accelerating global warming and amplifying feedbacks: The imperative of CO₂ drawdown
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2022/01/accelerating-global-warming-and-amplifying-feedbacks-the-imperative-of-co2-drawdown.html
‘Drastic’ rise in high Arctic lightning has scientists worried
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/07/lightning-high-arctic-rise-scientists-worried
What obliterated these Dehcho trees? A downburst.
https://cabinradio.ca/84015/news/environment/what-obliterated-these-dehcho-trees-a-downburst/
Wildfires are Feeding Huge Carbon-Spewing Sinkholes in the Arctic
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/01/wildfires-arctic-climate-change-melting-permafrost-thermokarst-sinkholes/
Across the Boreal Forest, Scientists Are Tracking Warming’s Toll
https://e360.yale.edu/features/across-the-boreal-forest-scientists-track-warmings-toll
Warming permafrost puts key Arctic pipelines, roads at ‘high risk,’ study says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/01/11/permafrost-melting-arctic/
Ocean temperatures are at record levels, with major consequences
https://theconversation.com/ocean-temperatures-are-at-record-levels-with-major-consequences-174760
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Climate Change: Thawing Permafrost a Triple Threat
https://www.voanews.com/a/climate-change-thawing-permafrost-a-triple-threat-/6393719.html
The climatic effects of a nuclear winter on a warming Earth
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-climatic-effects-of-nuclear-winter-on-a-warming-earth.html
Greenland Could Melt for Millennia If Warming Stopped Today
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/greenland-could-melt-for-millennia-if-warming-stopped-today/
Gulf Stream is the weakest in 1,000 years; that could drive more Jersey Shore flooding
https://www.app.com/story/news/local/land-environment/2022/01/20/gulf-stream-weakening-could-drive-sea-level-rise-jersey-shore/9118950002/
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The Great Siberian Thaw
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/17/the-great-siberian-thaw
Climate Change Is Pushing Greenland Over the Edge
https://hakaimagazine.com/news/climate-change-is-pushing-greenland-over-the-edge/
Australia ties Southern Hemisphere’s all-time heat record of 123°F; epic heat cooks Argentina
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/01/australia-ties-southern-hemispheres-all-time-heat-record-of-123f-epic-heat-cooks-argentina/
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Remnant of Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice Shelf Disintegrates
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/remnant-portion-of-antarcticas-larsen-b-ice-shelf-disintegrates
Everest’s highest glacier has lost 2,000 years of ice in 30 years
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/perpetual-planet-everests-highest-glacier-has-lost-2000-years-of-ice-in-30-years
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Scientists Fear Soaring Methane Levels Show Climate Feedback Loop Has Arrived
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/09/scientists-fear-soaring-methane-levels-show-climate-feedback-loop-has-arrived
Accelerating Methane Rise
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2022/02/accelerating-methane-rise.html
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Humanity 'Way Off Track': WMO Says Atmospheric Carbon at Level Unseen in 3 Million Years
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/25/humanity-way-track-wmo-says-atmospheric-carbon-level-unseen-3-million-years
THE TERRIFYING WARNING LURKING IN THE EARTH’S ANCIENT ROCK RECORD
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/03/extreme-climate-change-history/617793/
Climate chaos: the global threat multiplier of our time
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/10/26/climate-chaos-the-global-threat-multiplier-of-our-time/
Climate Change Is a Serious Threat to America’s Financial System
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/10/climate-change-serious-threat-us-economy-financial-system/
Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding – and climate change is making them stronger
https://theconversation.com/atmospheric-river-storms-can-drive-costly-flooding-and-climate-change-is-making-them-stronger-128902
Melting Greenland Ice Sheet, Sea Ice Formation, And The Flow Of The Gulf Stream
https://emagazine.com/melting-greenland-ice-sheet-sea-ice-formation-and-the-flow-of-the-gulf-stream/
Amplifying feedbacks from land and ocean may render emission reductions insufficient
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2021/10/amplifying-feedbacks-from-land-and-ocean-may-render-emission-reductions-insufficient.html
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Biden’s climate plan needs to address one of the worst polluters: The US military
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/11/04/bidens-climate-plan-needs-to-address-one-of-the-worst-polluters-the-us-military/
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Climate Crisis Cannot Be Solved Without Addressing US Military Emissions, Says Ocasio-Cortez
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/11/climate-crisis-cannot-be-solved-without-addressing-us-military-emissions-says-ocasio
What we need is a war on emissions - There won’t be any more “great powers” if we don’t get a grip on the coming global crisis, which makes us all insecure.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/11/17/what-we-need-is-a-war-on-emissions/
'Unsettling': New Study Reveals Arctic Ocean Warming for Over a Century
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/24/unsettling-new-study-reveals-arctic-ocean-warming-over-century
New Climate Study Predicting More Rain Than Snow in the Arctic 'Rings Alarm Bells’
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/30/new-climate-study-predicting-more-rain-snow-arctic-rings-alarm-bells
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Record-High Arctic Temperature of 38°C 'More Befitting the Mediterranean,' UN Warns
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/14/record-high-arctic-temperature-38degc-more-befitting-mediterranean-un-warns
LOOKING BACK - Record breaking temperatures recorded in Arctic Russia
https://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2021/06/22/record-breaking-temperatures-recorded-in-arctic-russia/
LOOKING BACK - Could temperatures keep rising?
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2021/06/could-temperatures-keep-rising.html
Terrifying Arctic methane levels
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2021/12/terrifying-arctic-methane-levels.html
2021 Arctic Report Card reveals a (human) story of cascading disruptions, extreme events and global connections
https://theconversation.com/2021-arctic-report-card-reveals-a-human-story-of-cascading-disruptions-extreme-events-and-global-connections-172136
The "Doomsday Glacier" appears poised to collapse. If it does, Earth's sea level will rise by 2 feet
https://www.salon.com/2021/12/16/thwaites-glacier-sea-level-rise/
The Antarctic Is signaling big climate trouble
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/13/climate/antarctic-climate-change.html?action=click&module=card&pageType=theWeekenderLink
Melting of Ice Sheets Is Dramatic, But Melting of Permafrost Means Mass Death
https://truthout.org/articles/melting-of-ice-sheets-is-dramatic-but-melting-of-permafrost-means-mass-death/
Climate change has destabilized the Earth’s poles, putting the rest of the planet in peril
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/12/14/climate-change-arctic-antarctic-poles/
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How melting sea ice increases wildfire risk in the Northwest
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/12/19/climate-change-west-coast-melting-sea-ice-wildfire-risk-pacific-northwest/
Climate Clues from the Past Prompt a New Look at History
https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-clues-from-the-past-prompt-new-look-at-history
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Russia’s Arctic coast loses 7,000 hectares annually due to climate changes
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/climate-crisis/2021/12/russias-arctic-coast-loses-7000-hectares-annually-due-climate-changes
Alaska sets record high December temperature of 19.4C
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/29/alaska-sets-record-high-december-temperature-of-194c
New Documentary ‘Meltdown’ Looks At Greenland’s Melting Glaciers And The Effects Of Climate Change
https://www.wabe.org/new-documentary-meltdown-looks-at-greenlands-melting-glaciers-and-the-effects-of-climate-change/
Earth Temperature Timeline
https://xkcd.com/1732/
In the Atlantic Ocean, Subtle Shifts Hint at Dramatic Dangers - The warming atmosphere is causing an arm of the powerful Gulf Stream to weaken, some scientists fear.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/02/climate/atlantic-ocean-climate-change.html?referringSource=articleShare
Long-lost Core Drilled to Prepare Ice Sheet to Hide Nuclear Missiles Holds Clues About a Different Threat - Plant remnants frozen beneath 4,000 feet of ice show that most of Greenland’s ice sheet melted about 1 million years ago, in a climate like today’s.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15032021/ice-core-greenland-ice-sheet-climate-change/
A slowing current system in the Atlantic Ocean spells trouble for Earth - The potential disruption of an Atlantic current system marks a "big gamble at planetary scale”
https://www.salon.com/2021/06/05/atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-slowing-global-warming/
The Alarming Power of Melting Arctic Ice - At least 25 times over the past 120,000 years, the temperature in Greenland swung dramatically. Now, scientists have a better understanding of why.
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/the-alarming-power-of-melting-arctic-ice/
Arctic sea ice disappearing fast
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2021/07/arctic-sea-ice-disappearing-fast.html
As Arctic melt sets early July record, hard times lie ahead for ice: Studies
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/07/as-arctic-melt-sets-early-july-record-hard-times-lie-ahead-for-ice-studies/
'Wake Up Call': Rapidly Thawing Permafrost Threatens Trans-Alaska Pipeline - “The implications of this speak to the pipeline’s integrity and the effect climate change is having on pipeline safety in general.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/11/wake-call-rapidly-thawing-permafrost-threatens-trans-alaska-pipeline
Arctic Roads and Runways Face the Prospect of Rapid Decline - A new study helps explain why melting permafrost is hitting Arctic infrastructure so hard.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-02/alaska-infrastructure-faces-prospect-of-rapid-decline?srnd=citylab-environment
In Antarctica, a lake’s disappearance might offer clues about melting ice shelves
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/antarctica-lake-disappear-climate-change/2021/07/09/2e94dbd2-df4e-11eb-9f54-7eee10b5fcd2_story.html
The Greenland ice sheet experienced a massive melting event last week
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/08/05/greenland-melt-event-season-2021/?itid=hp-top-table-main
A critical ocean system may be heading for collapse due to climate change, study finds
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/08/05/change-ocean-collapse-atlantic-meridional/?itid=hp-top-table-main
'Unimaginably Catastrophic': Researchers Fear Gulf Stream System Could Collapse - “Scientists say we cannot allow this to happen. People in power stand in our way.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/05/unimaginably-catastrophic-researchers-fear-gulf-stream-system-could-collapse
LOOKING BACK - Scientists see stronger evidence of slowing Atlantic Ocean circulation, an ‘Achilles’ heel’ of the climate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/02/25/atlantic-ocean-currents-weakening-amoc-gulf-stream/
LOOKING BACK - The Gulf Stream Is Weakening And It Promises Stronger Storms For NY And NJ
https://gothamist.com/news/gulf-stream-weakening-and-it-promises-stronger-storms-ny-and-nj
LOOKING BACK - Competition between global warming and an abrupt collapse of the AMOC in Earth’s energy imbalance
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep14877
Fleeing Disaster Is Hard. Climate Change Is Making It Harder - Hurricane Ida and California wildfires are two sides of the same coin: On a warmer planet, it’s getting harder to evacuate from extreme events.
https://www.wired.com/story/fleeing-disaster-is-hard-climate-change-is-making-it-harder/
U.S. Militarism's Toxic, Planet-Killing Impact on Climate Policy
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/09/22/us-militarisms-toxic-planet-killing-impact-climate-policy
US north-east among fastest-warming areas in northern hemisphere, study finds - Coast has already heated up by 2C over the past century, thanks in part to warming Atlantic Ocean
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/23/atlantic-ocean-warming-climate-change
The $5 trillion insurance industry faces a reckoning. Blame climate change.
https://www.vox.com/22686124/climate-change-insurance-flood-wildfire-hurricane-risk
We now know how badly our cities will be flooded due to climate change
https://www.salon.com/2021/10/16/we-now-know-how-badly-our-cities-will-be-flooded-due-to-climate-change/
Op-ed: The Flood of Climate Disasters Has the Food System Reeling. It’s Time to Act.
https://civileats.com/2021/10/20/op-ed-the-flood-of-climate-disasters-has-the-food-system-reeling-its-time-to-act/
Intelligence community says climate change effects will "exacerbate risks" to national security
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-national-security-risks-intelligene-community/